Combination garment and carrier bag



March 17, 1931. D. wElsz COMBINATION GARMENT lAND 'CARRIER BAG Fleud Aug. 18, 1927 WITNESSES BY A ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 1-7, 1931 PATENT -ourlet:

DAVID wrmsz,` or NEW vom, N. Y.

COMBINATION GARMENT AND CARRIER BAG Application led August 18, 1927. Serial No. 213,896.

' The present invention is concerned with the provision of a combined garment and carrier bag of the character in which the bag forms a pocket in the garment when the garment is worn, and forms a carrier bag in which the garment may be stowed for purposes of convenient and compact transportation.

The range of bag and garment combinations which may be produced in accordance with this invention is practically limitless. 'Ihe bag mav be combined for instance with various wor ing garments, such as aprons and overalls; with bathing garments, beach robes, raincoats, pants, and any other class of garment which it is desired to carry conveniently and don quickly.

The bag in addition to serving as a garment pocket, and as a garment carrier, may

be provided with any suitable number of compartments in which other articles may be carried out of contact with the garment. Such an arrangement permits the convenient transportation of tools in the same bag with the working apron or overalls, and in fact, an infinite variety of articles may be carried in the bag in addition to the garment with which it is associated.

Objects of the invention are to provide a device of this character of neat and attractive appearance, which will be extremely simple and practical in construction, and well suited to the requirements of economical manufacture.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pocket or bag closure in the nature of the well known zipper or hookless fastener which may be conveniently operated when the bag is turned inside out or outside in. By the use of this fastener the pocket may "be closed when the garment is worn or ity may be closed when the garment is inserted therein and the device used as a carrier.

`With the above noted and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more full hereinafter set forth and pointed out in t e claims. The invention may be more M fully understood from the following descrip tion in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein- Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a combination bag and apron embodying the present invention in applied position as an apron.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof detached;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the bag and apron, in use as an apron;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the bag closed with the apron inside.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view, through the bag and apron with the apron in y the bag and the mouth of the bag open.

Fig. 6 is a sectional detail indicating the improvementl in the slide member of the bag fastener.

Fig. 7 is a view in end elevation of the slide member and associated interlocking fastener element.

As suggested above, the bag may be combined with any class of garment. I have elected to show it in combination with an apron, because such a combination is a simple and readily illustrated one. The drawings however, are not to be interpreted in a limiting sense, since they are illustrative of `only one embodiment of the invention. While I shall describe the apron, it is to be under-p stood that any other garment might be" substituted.

In the drawings I have used the reference numeral 10 to designate the body of an apron provided with the usual neck strap 11 and waist-encircling straps 12. This apron, approximately at its intermediate portion is slit transversely, and the opposite edges of the slit are secured to the mouth-forming edges of a bag 13. This bag, when the apron is worn, serves conveniently as a pocket in the apron, in which tools 15 or other devices may be carried by a workman. With the parts in the position of Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the pocket 13 is inreality turned in-side-out in order that only its mouth may be exposed from the exterior or front of the apron and the outside of the bag only will be visible through the mouth.

When using the device as a carrier bag the pocket is reversed from the position in Figs. contact with other articles stored inthe bag. i

1 to 3, and assed throu h the apron slot and the apron olded or stu ed into the mouth ofthe ocket thus reversed, see Fig. v5, at which time the pocket or bag 13 may e closed bythe use of a conventional t e of closure device, such as the'rows of hoo ess fasteners 14 arranged along the mouth edges of the bag, andthe sliding locking device 16 which draws the hookless fasteners into interlockrelationship.

he bag 13 malty; be rovide'd on its outery face with a poc et orming lpartition 17 which when the bag is used as a pocket has this partition 17 located on its inner face as shown clearlyin Fig. 3. The bag may also have a pocket forming-partition 18 on' its inner face which is located outside when the bag is used as a pocket as shown in Fig. 3. These pockets are adapted to receive articles of any desired character. In the case of carrying a damp or soiled garment in the bag, the partition 18 lwill effectively protect the other articles againstvcontact w1th the soiled or damp garment.

On opposite sides of the bag 13, handle straps 19 may be provided, these straps being grasped when carrying the bag as seen in 4. In the normal use of the apron as seen in Fig. l, the hookless fasteners 14 are concealed from view, although if desired the bag 13 might be turned inside-out while the apron is worn, and the fasteners closed.

A novel feature of the fastener is the use of an eye 20 on the slide member 16, to which the handle member 2 1 of the slide is pivotally connected. As seen in Fig. 6, this handle member may beslipped around the eye from the full ,line position to the dotted line posi` tion, thereby permitting the fastener to be closed from either side, a feature foreign to the conventional fasteners now employed.

It is also to be noted that various other forms of bag closures might be substituted for the fastening means which I have illustrated; buttons, snap fasteners, etc., might be employed in some instances. e

The fastener is capable of use in various connections other than with the Varticle of manufacture shown. In fact, it may be employed wherever such fasteners 'are now used; especially in locations where manipulation from either` side is desirable. Such a fastener -may be quickly applied due to the fact that it has no right side or wrong side, and

- the usual care in this respect.

, is preferably made of waterproof materia if The particular material of which the bag and garment are made is subject to a wide range of variation, although the bag pro er used in connection with bathing garments or the like, or with other arments in which moisture or grease is to prevented from uirements of the trade, and by a considera- -t1on for the convenience of the user.

Various changes and alterations might be made in the general-form and arran ement of the parts described without departing from the lnvention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself to the details set forth, but shall conside'r myself at liberty to make such chan and alterations` as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. As a new' article of manufacture a combined-garment and carrier ba therefor includin a garment having a sit and a bag secure at its mouth formln edges to the opposite edges of the slit in tIi bag when the garment is in use being disposed on the inner or wrong side of the garment to forma pocket, the bag when used as a carrier for the garment being reversed throughthe garment slit to receive the folded garment.

2. A garment having a; pocket opening, a bag or pocket having the edges of lts mouth connected with the garmentl along the edges g es upper edge free to form compartments in the pocket w en the pocket is in one position and to form a compartment outside said pocket when the latter is arranged in position re verse to that first mentioned means, to'close the mouth and hand grips on the outside of said pocket. Y

l Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York, this 17th day of August, 1927 DAVID WEISZ.

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